Eleanor & Clay…A Story of Love and Loss

A Novelette by E.D. Degenfelder

Eleanor Phillips and Clayton Abbott were young people with driving passions. They shared ideas about work, business, the future and each other. By pooling meager resources, they created a dynamic partnership that lasted for decades.

This novelette tells the back-story behind the novel Unkindness of Ravens. It is the story of the love that blossomed between Eleanor and Clay beginning in 1971. It is a story of a deep and all-encompassing love between two people that became the start of a dynasty.

Their partnership created a family, children, wealth, philanthropy and an enduring legacy. Because of circumstances, their dynasty survived long past the love. A great love that died because of bad choices and unendurable consequences.